Superb singing from the chorus and vocal soloists can’t entirely carry this performance of the symphony under Music Director Eun Sun Kim.
Guest conductor Thomas Wilkins leads an appealing program that also includes music by William Grant Still and Leonard Bernstein.
Kedrick Armstrong conducts his first concert as music director, featuring jazz artists with Bay Area ties and Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4.
Dancing plays a prominent role in this production, whose revival marks McNamee’s directorial debut with the company.
The orchestra has launched the latest version of SFSKids.org, which has seen more than 5 million logins since debuting in 2002.
The welcome news that Eun Sun Kim is now set to lead the company through 2031 comes at an otherwise tense time for the organization.
Cann, who debuts with the SF Symphony this week, talks about discovering Price and jazzing Rhapsody in Blue.
Richard Wagner’s epic of love and death comes to glorious life in a dramatically sung production led by Music Director Eun Sun Kim.
